"My plans with one of my best friends always fall through. She'll call me, ask me to come over, tell me she'll call me back, and then I either don't hear from her or she texts me with, 'Sorry, I had plans with my parents.' Every weekend I get excited to hang out, so I turn down offers to go with other people, then she cancels and I'm bored to death. What can I do to make our plans work?"

Jackie, 16, Plano, Texas

That's such a bummer, Jackie. It's not fair that you end up sitting at home by yourself on the weekends because your friend is flaky. You can either keep letting this happen to you, or realize you don't have to take it anymore. Start by making your own plans on the weekend. Invite all your friends (including her) and stick to it. Even if she bails, you'll still be having fun with everyone else who decides to show up. Then the next time she invites you to do something but cancels the plans, take the opportunity to say: "It's not fair to me when you bail like this. If you keep changing your mind at the last minute, it will be hard for me to plan things with you anymore." Hopefully she'll understand that she hasn't been treating you the way she should.